The History of Terrorism In India

Insurgency in Northeast India

An ongoing conflict involving various militant groups and the Indian government, beginning in the 1950s.

United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA)

A militant group founded in 1979 seeking an independent Assam.

Operation Bajrang

A large-scale counter-insurgency operation launched by the Indian Army in 1990.

Mandai Massacre

An event on June 8, 1980, orchestrated by the Tripura Insurgent Groups, resulting in 500 deaths.

Khalistan Movement

An armed conflict in Punjab from the mid-1980s to the 1990s, seeking Sikh sovereignty.

Operation Blue Star

A military operation in June 1984 to remove Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his supporters from the Golden Temple.

Dawood Ibrahim

Leader of the D-Company, orchestrator of the 1993 Bombay Bombings.

Coimbatore Bombings

A series of bombings on February 14, 1998, targeting a rally of BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani.

Harkat-ul-Mujahideen

The group responsible for hijacking Indian Airlines Flight 814 on December 24, 1999.

Jaish-e-Mohammed

The terrorist organization founded by Masood Azhar after his release during the IC-814 incident.

Red Fort Attack

A terrorist attack on December 22, 2000, carried out by Laskhar-e-Taiba in New Delhi.

Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly Attack

A bombing on October 1, 2001, attributed to Jaish-e-Mohammed, resulting in 38 deaths.

ASASSINATION OF RAJIV GANDHI

The suicide bombing that killed former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on May 21, 1991.